![]() We have a shot of birds crossing the frame from left to right, so to give this scene even more power, we created panning that moves from the left speaker all the way to the right. To fully grasp the power of panning, you need to put on your headphones. When you see somebody talking on the right side of the screen, you’re probably going to hear them more on the right side of the speakers. Use PanningĪnother tip that can separate you from the amateur sound designer is using panning, a technique used in most movies by all the big sound designers. You can get creative with it by taking any sound and putting it in reverse speed and see (or hear) what kind of sound you get. Just right-click on the sound, located on your timeline, go to Speed & Duration, then check the Reverse Speed box and now you have a cool riser. You can turn an impact into a riser by putting it in reverse speed. We placed a low pass filter on an existing water sound and we got something that sounds underwater. You can get really creative with it.Īnother example of how a low pass filter can affect your sound is the shot of the manta ray doing a 360 flip underwater. Play with low pass and high pass filters or use the equalizer (more on that later) to get new sounds from your existing sounds. Then we added an impact and some whooshes, and there you have it, the sound of sweet strawberries falling apart in slow motion. We placed a low pass filter on both sounds to remove the high-frequency sounds to create a completely different sound. So, to create the texture of the strawberries, we used two seemingly unrelated sounds, one of a man chewing and the other of bones breaking. Here, we needed a sound that mixes mushy texture with an impact. When you come across a visual with no obvious sound, try to figure out the textures and feelings it evokes and create a sound that matches that. You can use sound design to maintain the same level of intensity in your video by adding a dramatic effect as we did with the pool ball shot.ĭo you know what exploding strawberries sound like? That’s the job of a sound designer to figure it out. For the SWAT team shot, like with the astronaut, we used sounds that are not onscreen but are associated with the visual like police radio communication and gun loading – adding another dimension to the video. We used three different impacts, and two of them had a riser effect. In the transition from the pool ball hit close-up to the SWAT team, we knew we needed a more powerful effect than a regular pool ball sound. These three sounds help create an awesome and powerful transition. Here, we inserted the sound of the car before the cut, inserted the hit of the boxer after the cut and added another car sound for added effect. Using the sound of the next shot before it appears makes the video transition smoother and more powerful. Let’s dive into our sound design tips: Use SFX to Smoothen Visual Transitions When you put all of them together, the result is captivating.Īlthough both videos can work by themselves, the combination of music and sound effects can really bring your visuals to life. Breathing sounds that add another dimension to the video.For example, in the first shot of the video that begins with the astronaut, we used four layers of sound. You can use filters to cut out either the low or high frequencies of a sound that you like and do the opposite on the second sound. If you have a low-frequency impact, pair it with a high-frequency one to get maximum depth. ![]() You can use similar sounds but make sure they’re not the same or that they cover different frequencies. And here’s the same video with only sound effects:ĭon’t use just one sound effect try stacking multiple sounds on top of the other.
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